Major pro-life group threatens to sue Trump FDA over abortion pill's alleged environmental risks

A leading pro-life organization has formally threatened to sue the Food and Drug Administration, accusing the agency of failing to conduct required environmental testing of the abortion drug mifepristone despite potential risks to the waterways and wildlife.

Students for Life of America (SFLA), an anti-abortion advocacy group, filed a notice of intent to sue the FDA on Thursday, hours before Dr.

Heidi Overton is scheduled to appear before the Senate for her confirmation hearing to lead the agency.

The notice says that after the FDA approved mifepristone in 2000, it never consulted two wildlife protection agencies about the drug's possible harmful effects on federally protected species, which the group argues violated the Endangered Species Act.

"We expect these environmental concerns to be taken seriously.

I know Dr.

Overton is aware of these concerns.

Or we expect to see the Trump FDA in court.

That's where this will end," SFLA President Kristan Hawkins told Fox News Digital in an interview on Wednesday.

PRO-LIFE LEADER SOUNDS ALARM AFTER DOCTOR GETS 6 MONTHS FOR FORCING ABORTION PILLS ON GIRLFRIEND Hawkins said the FDA now has 60 days to respond to SFLA's notice before a lawsuit is filed.

Prior to the notice, the group had filed 11 citizen petitions to the agency urging action.

In response to one of those petitions on Jan.

15, 2025 — five days before President Donald Trump began his second term — the FDA rejected SFLA's legal argument, saying it was not required to consult with the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service before approving mifepristone.